ELIDA--The Bluffton High School boys soccer team beat Sylvania Northview 3-2 in overtime on penalty kicks Saturday evening in the annual Elida Kickoff Classic.
The original semifinal match was postponed from Thursday evening due to extreme heat and humidity.
The winning shoot-out goal came from Cole Burkholder and the Pirates' two regulation goals both came from Theo Andreas.
UPDATE Runner Lydia Tarpley was not included in the first version of this article. Thank you to an Icon reader for their email to [email protected].
DELPHOS – The Bluffton High School cross country teams opened their season at the Delphos St. John’s Blue Jay Invitational meet Saturday at Stadium Park.
The Bluffton girls finished sixth out of 10 teams with 146 points.
The Bluffton High School football team defeated visiting local rival Pandora-Gilboa 28-21 Friday night in a non-league battle at Harmon Field.
The hard-fought win lifted the Pirate record to 2-0, while P-G dropped to 1-1 with the loss.
Just 15 seconds into the game, Bluffton struck paydirt.
Garret Bogart connected with Braeden Jordan on a short pass to the right. Jordan broke a tackle around the 35-yard line and sprinted untouched the rest of the way 67 yards to the end zone.
Inside the Pirate five, P-G’s Ben Burkholder ran left for three yards and was stuck hard by Jordan at the goal line. The big hit jarred the ball loose, but the runner was ruled to have just crossed the plane to score and tie it 7-7.
CARMEL, Ind. – Mount St. Joseph University was selected as the favorite in a vote amongst league coaches ahead of the 2023 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) football season.
